Photograph-drier



-(N0 Model.)

W. L. KETGHUM.

I PHOTOGRAPH DRIER. No. 550,048; PatentedNov. 19, 1895.

"MU/b J invert/02" UN TED S A S -P T NT ()FFICE.

" WILLIAM L. KETCHUM, F onion'orry, PENNSYLVANIA:

PHOTOGRAPH roan-:12.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Patent No. 550,048, dated November 19, 189 5Q v Application filedoctober 3 1, 189}. Serial No. 527,549- '(No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'WILLIAM a citizen of the United States,residing at Union City, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photograph- Driers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of. the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. g

* My invention relates to improvements in photograph-driers; and it consists in the pe culiar construction, novelcombination, and adaptation of parts hereinafter described,and

' particularly pointed out in the claim apposition, as shown.

pended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved device, illustrating thesame. partly in section; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one. of the wheels removed from the frame.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates'a pedestal, which is provided with a sufiiciently broad base or feet 'a' to properly support the same in an upright position.

This pedestal is provided at its upper end with a screw -tapped socket b to receive the lower externally-threaded end of a vertically disposed rod or shaft B. It is obvious that the' shaft may be fixed or otherwise secured to the pedestal; but by havingit removably attached it will permit of a ready disconnec tion of the parts, which is desirable for obviousreasons. v

0 indicates the wheels, there being three shown in the present illustration, although it is obvious that more or less may be employed. These wheels are designed to receiveand sustain photographs in an oblique or inclined Forthe sake of cheapness in manufacture, 1 form these wheels mainly from wire, comprising an inner ring (l and an outer ring 6. 'In making the wheel I take a piece of wire of a sufiicient length 1 and gage and crinkle it or bend it alternately back and forth, leaving a space f between each branch of the bend to receive the cards or photographs. After obtaining the desired number of bends for the outer ring e, I then bend. the whole, as shown, so as to form a complete ring, after which I secure the same L. KETCHUM,

at suitable intervals to the ends of spokes, as

will be presently described; The inner ring dis formed ina manner similar to the outer ring; but the bends may be of less length, so as .to have the seats for the photographs of less depth. The exact proportions, however, I shall leave to the fancy or dictation of the manufacturer, it being simply necessary to provide the wire with bends to suit the photographs and arrange one ring at'a su'fficient v distance from the other, bringing the loops or bonds opposite each other in a radial position. D indicates a hub, there being one for each -wheel. This hub has a central bore or aperture g to receive the rod or shaft 13, and cast in this hub or.otherwise suitably fixed to it are radial arms or spokes h. These'arms or spokes sustain the rings (1 and. e, and when made of wire they may bebent at their outer .ends, as shown at i, and fastened to the ring or rings by a wrap-wire k or by other suitable means.

Placed beneath each wheel on the rod or shaft Bis a collar E, carrying a setscrew F.

These collars'are designed to adjustably support the wheels on the rod or shaft and allow the wheels tofreely rotate thereon.

I attach importance to the fact that the wheels may be rotated and that they may be also adjusted vertically; but I do not wish to confinem-yself to making them of wire nor to L makingthem in ring form, as it may be practicable and desirable in some cases to change the shape or outline configuration of the holders or wheels.

' In operation the lower wheel is first used,

when the upper ones may be raised out of the way. The wet photographs are placed in the seatsof the rings, as shown, and the wheel can be conveniently turned so as to.

continually bring the vacant place to the operator. After the lowest wheel has been filled the next wheel may be lowered to a convenient position and also filled, after which it may be brought stillflcloser t0 the first wheel, and the next one filled, and so on. The photographs are presented with their faces so as to dry quickly and uniformly; but should it be desirable to. hasten the drying operation it is simply necessary to put the wheelsin. motion.

I am well aware that display-stand com-' prising an upright and rotatable wheels adjust-ably supported on said upright is old;

and I am also aware that it is old in photograph-driers to provide a frame having upper and lower horizontal bars and-corrugated strips of metal arranged on the inner sides of said bars and adapted to hold photographs,

. and I therefore make no claim to the same;

but

What-1 claim, andrdesiretosecure by Letters .Patent, is I The herein described photographic drier, consisting essentially of the base or pedestal, the rod or shaft rising therefrom, and the rotatable wheels mountedon the rod or shaft and respeetively comprising the hub, the spokes, the inner ring d, of wire mounted upon and connected to the spokes and ,bent or crinkled to form seats for photographs, andthe outer ring e, also of wire, mounted upon and connected to the spokes and bent or crinkled to form seats or spaces f, for the reception of photographs, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth. ,7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. KETOHUM. Witnesses:

J. V. B. SMILEY, C. B. GEER. 

